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Did you know 300 million caterpillar fungi are hand-picked annually from the world’s highest mountain range? Join young scientist Zhengyang Wang on his journey from the labs of Harvard to the mountains of Tibet to probe the mysteries of a dying fungus known as “Himalayan Viagra.”
The Last of the Fungus
A young scientist’s quest to transform a dying way of life
By Zhengyang Wang
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